2. The ecological productive infrastructures (urban planning strategy) by noemie benoit

The wetland of the Port Authority Bus Terminal

Design for Biodivers ity - The Ecological Productive Infrastructures

Design for biodivers ities The patterns of regional cities

or how could the strategy be applied to another city?

European context

the Benelux, the most threatened region

The infrastructures critical & potential while...

precipitation deficit 2050 & < flooding risks +5m sea rising level

European ranking of cities declining cities growing cities

European cities urban pressure

amsterdam

cit ies

cities of 100 000 inhabitants cities of 500 000 inhabitants

the hague

l a t s coa

cities of 1 000 000 inhabitants

cities of 10 000 000 inhabitants

utrecht

the netherlands rotterdam dortmund tilburg

Water exploitation index (water scarcity) for 2030

essen

eindhoven

outside data coverage

dusseldorf

Low water stress

bruges

medium water stress

antwerp

severe water stress

cities d n a inl

ghent

flooded zone if +9m sea rising level

liege

brussels

the case for climate change adaptation

belgium

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Green Infrastructure to Combat Climate Change GRaBS Expert Paper 1

cologne

A Framework for Action in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Merseyside

By Kate Henderson

germany

charleroi

france March 2011 Prepared by Community Forests Northwest for the Northwest Climate Change Partnership

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European Union European Regional Development Fund

Regional cities are examined to explore the urban strategy for biodiversity. The European context offers a range of regional cities with different climate change issues, even more stressed by worldwide changes like population growth. Water stress, scarcity as well as flooding risks, are illustrating the most critical European regions for the coming century. European Union European Regional Development Fund

The Benelux is problematic in this view. Moreover, cities are concerned by the heat island effect and periods of intense drought that endangers them even more. The delta is a vulnerable region because of sea rising level. Because of this configuration, 2 kinds of regional cities are chosen: the coastal and the inland ones, presenting 2 different configurations.

The f looded rotterdam

The focus is maintained on infrastructures to be able to compare with the metropolis case study of New York City. The other critical and potential typologies of the cities will be used for different problematic, for example urban farming for buildings’ typologies. The infrastructures are critical and potential for dealing ecologically with urban water stress. It requires a new layer to the existing infrastructures.

increased precipitations in very short amounts of time > need managing resilience

urban heat island effect > need cooling + storing capacity

De Hofbogen Cultuurhistorische verkenning CRIMSON architectural historians, juni 2007

Heemraadspool skatepool

Infra-ecology, Doepel-Strijkers architects

Carpark+ H2O reservoir, Paul de Ruiter

port of rotterdam

Hofpleinlijn re-activation

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harbours of rotterdam sea rising level +4,10m* > need adaptation

structures in pa main infra rall el

Searising level + 4.10m even wth storm barrier

ROTTERDAM

river discharges > need adaptation

sea - rivers - canals more than 85cm f looding

Climate PRoof

f looded areas +5m searise level

freshwater shortage + risk of saltwater intrusion into groundwater > need storing / cleaning capacity

annual precipitation change % anomaly annual precipitation change % anomaly annual precipitation change % anomaly risks f looding + risks heat island effect

Seasonal Rotterdam harvest

Th e RoT Te R da m C h a l l e n g e o n WaTe R a n d C l i m aTe a da pTaTi o n

2 0 0 9 A dA ptAti o n p ro g rAm m e

The city could look different...

Main issues related to water + heat

Existing initiatives

The water harvest———, metropolitan scale

The water transitions, district scale

The waterpark , neighborhood scale

Dealing with water risks, De Urbanisten

Green roofs for new buildings

RotteRdam Climate PRoof / adaPtation PRogRamme 2009

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winter

blaak market

retain +f iltrate +distribute in

absorb +manage +distribute out

cubic houses blaak station

edge 3 river front

white house

> 50% porous rentention - transformation

Williams bridge red apple

manage + f iltrate + distribute in

edge 2 transition saltwater - storm & greywater > 80% porous absorption - f iltration

edge 1 river front

public paths ecological corridors water grid

> 80% porous saltwater absorption - transformation

The wetland is buffering the interface between the river and the land. Its organic matter and water filtration qualities allow to absorb, retain, manage, f iltrate and re-distribute in or out the water in a long-term perspective like a harvest.

Defining the edges enlightens the need for dealing with saltwater and freshwater at the same time. The wetland operates this transition and articulation between the dock and the city, today disconnected because of the infrastructures.

The heat island ghent

The wetland becomes a public domain with new functions like the waterpark. Living the Living Machine. The infrastructures are wrapped by water bridges and pedestrian connections, they become the support for water and people interactions.

The docks urban restoration

heat waves > need cooling + storing capacity

Bridges to Rabot, transformation of land by people

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increased precipitations in very short amounts of time > need managing resilience

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Gent wil tegen 2050 een klimaatneutrale stad worden. Dat is goed voor onze gezondheid en onze leefkwaliteit, maar ook een keiharde economische noodzaak. Anders blijven we afhankelijk van fossiele brandstoffen. En die worden steeds schaarser en daardoor letterlijk  onbetaalbaar. Het goede nieuws is dat je zelf de keuze hebt: je kan milieuvriendelijk en toch comfortabel leven. Hoe je dat aanpakt? Je vindt volop inspiratie op de nieuwe website www.gentsklimaatverbond.be. Dat wordt de komende jaren dé ontmoetingsplek voor alle organisaties, bedrijven, verenigingen en burgers die voor een mooi en leefbaar Gent kiezen. Je kan er je eigen impact meten en ook zelf suggesties doen.

Climate neutral by 2050

Ecological corridors

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Zal Gent er in 2050 zo uitzien? Heb je zelf suggesties die bijdragen aan een klimaatneutrale stad? Ga dan een kijkje nemen op www.gentsklimaatverbond.be

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Public transportation plan

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KIEs zELF jE ToEKomsT Het stadsbestuur wil een actieve rol spelen in de strijd tegen de opwarming van het klimaat. Daarom neemt ze zich voor om te evolueren naar een klimaatneutrale stad. Dat wil zeggen dat we niet meer energie kopen of invoeren dan wat we zelf produceren. “2050 lijkt nog veraf ”, beseft Indra Van Sande (Milieudienst). “Maar om Gent tegen dan klimaatneutraal te maken, moeten we vanaf morgen onder andere elk jaar 15 stadsgebouwen klimaatneutraal en 2.300 woningen energieonafhankelijk maken. Een zware opdracht, die we niet op de lange baan mogen schuiven. We moeten er nu aan beginnen, want zo’n fundamentele omslag verloopt erg traag. Het is ook de bedoeling om er een positief verhaal van te maken: we willen de uitdagingen ombuigen in kansen, zowel voor de Gentenaars als voor de mensen die hier

Ghent, urban planning & green strategies Climate pilot committee

werken of op bezoek zijn.” Net omdat de uitdaging zo groot is, richtte de Stad een Klimaatverbond op. Daarin brengt ze alle betrokken spelers samen. Tom Balthazar (schepen van Milieu, Stadsontwikkeling en Wonen): “Zo kunnen die per sector expertise delen, hinderpalen in kaart brengen en oplossingen uitwerken. Het Klimaatverbond is een verbond van iedereen: verenigingen, grote en kleine bedrijven, scholen, Gentenaars… Iedereen mag zich aangesproken voelen, want elke verplaatsing die je maakt, elk hap die je eet en elke steen die je plaatst, ze hebben allemaal een impact op het klimaat.”

jE EnErgIEFAcTUUr Misschien geloof je niet in de opwarming van het klimaat. Of misschien geloof je er

wel in, maar denk je dat wij mensen er niet verantwoordelijk voor zijn. Of toch maar voor een deeltje. Zelfs als dat zo zou zijn, staat één ding als een paal boven water: de tijd van de goedkope fossiele brandstoffen is voorbij. De oliesector geeft zelf aan dat de voorraden snel slinken. Aan het huidig consumptiepatroon is er naar schatting nog genoeg olie voor 42 jaar. Maar iedereen weet dat landen zoals China en India snelle groeiers zijn die steeds méér verbruiken. Ook aardgas, steenkool en zelfs uranium (voor kernenergie) zijn eindige verhalen. “Dat hebben ze in die groeilanden wel al goed door”, weet Maryse Millet (Milieudienst). “Zelfs landen in Afrika werken al volop aan windmolens, zonne-energie en andere alternatieve energiebronnen. Wij steken nog te veel ons hoofd in het zand. Nochtans zullen

de slinkende brandstofvoorraden een grote impact hebben op onze samenleving. Al een ruime tijd vooraleer ze helemaal op geraken, zullen olie en aardgas erg duur worden. Onbetaalbaar zelfs. Als we niet ingrijpen, wordt onze economie verlamd en ons sociaal systeem ontwricht. Dan kunnen alleen rijke mensen nog hun energiefacturen betalen. Zo ver mogen we het niet laten komen.”

zoT wordT gEwoon Gas uit Rusland en olie uit het Midden-Oosten: ze lijken een ver-van-mijn-bedshow. En aan de doemscenario’s kunnen we als gewone burger weinig veranderen? Dat klopt niet. Het uitgangspunt van het Klimaatverbond is: we kunnen er zelf voor kiezen om het anders aan te pakken. De website www.gentsklimaatverbond.be legt de link tussen het grote verhaal

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freshwater shortage + risk of saltwater intrusion into groundwater > need storing / cleaning capacity

en je dagelijks leven. Je vindt er een pak tips om duurzamer te leven. In de praktijk wil dat zeggen: anders eten, je anders verplaatsen en anders bouwen. Wat wil niet zeggen dat je inlevert op comfort. Indra Van Sande: “In een passiefhuis is het aangenaam warm en de lucht binnenshuis blijft zelfs gezonder. Tegen 2021 zal elke nieuwbouwwoning trouwens verplicht een bijna nulenergiewoning moeten zijn. En steeds meer woningen zullen verbouwd worden tot laagenergiewoningen. Een paar jaar geleden vonden veel mensen 18 centimeter dakisolatie nog te zot om los te lopen. Vandaag is het al zo goed als ingeburgerd.” In 2050 zullen veel Gentse gebouwen niet alleen zeer sterk geïsoleerd zijn, maar ook veel groener. Letterlijk. Stel je straten voor waar bakstenen en beton bijna helemaal verborgen februari 2011

sea - rivers - canals risks heat island effect

The city could look different...

Main issues related to water + heat

The water belts, metropolitan scale

distribute in

s rridor en co e r g d ne belt g plan green existin nned la p g existin patwork of natural wetlands = special ecosystems

f iltrate

Existing initiatives

The water smart grids, district scale

The sustainable barometer

The veggy day

REGent, energy savings

Eco-construction workshops

The water farming, neighborhood scale

small water belt

high school beguine convent

cinema

aerial traff ic end >50% porous absorption+transformation

edge 2

edge 3

aerial traff ic > 80% porous retention - absorption aerial traff ic > 80% porous

bus station library administration center

absorb

edge 1 park as a separated island

> 20% porous-transformation cinema

distribute out winter

> store, manage & f iltrate 60% increased stormwater & high soil & groundwater water

local education theatre vooruitauthority university

distribute in

university

summer

> cool the city & f iltrate greywaters 70% decrease storwater & very low soil & groundwater water

The wetland takes advantage of the infrastructures to regulate the presence of water in the city. The water belts are distributing in and out depending on seasons. In between, water is filtrated to recover its inner properties of rare resource: being drinkable.

university

> 95% households grey + black waters stable wastewater f low/day

st pieters abbey st pieters square

public paths ecological corridors water grid

The wetland model implies to create smart grids strategy for water. The aim is to reconnect a car domain to a pedestrian domain and using infrastructures land as new public places. The smart grid is locally autonomous but in connection with thousands of smart grid district that can compensate each other if necessary.

Water farming is the concept of adapting the wetland strategy to your daily routine, promenade, harvest and enjoyment like the Public farm of WorkAC did for the PS1 project of the MOMA. It’s ‘Above the infrastructures, the farm’.

New York City

or how could the strategy be put into practice? translating biodiversity into shared value Supporting economic resilience is a matter of (stake-share)holders the value proposition urban ecosys tem

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Risk mitigation - change adaptation

ystem Risk mitigation - provisioning resilience

Risk mitigation - human safety

Risk mitigation - rising T°C resilience man

Survival - air quality improvement

Survival - water & food resilience

Survival - health

Well-being - physical stimulation an

2010 limited strategy of layers additions (i.e. structural belt, park-

2010 existing unique freshwater captation - supply of NYC at

2010 unsafe - empty infrastructure lands / complexity of the BT -

2010 existing powerful HVAC systems - closed building to keep

2010 incentives to slow driving behavior - nothing done for

2010 food coming from remoted locations - low consumer’s

2010 sport indoor facilities - Riverside Park - very few initiatives

2010 no existing care - underground & black box corridors to

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remote locations, Catskill natural filtration very vulnerable

ings) to the original bus terminal - architectural competition for new office-bus terminal towers above the PABT in 2009

Risk mitigation - flood resilience

closing times of the PABT parts - antiterrorist superstructure in 2002 - very closed building - guarded infrastructures

air-conditioned air

buses - nothing done to clean air

awareness - existing greenmarket not visible

wait for buses

2010 no existing protection & management for hurricane risks existing sewage system not enough performant

the central void, the core of bus routes & the arborescent structure

the lakes & ponds of the urban hills

the bus gates & bus shelters as an articulated open-space

the buffer zone of the wetland 1m-3km

the urban-farmed green roofs of the district

the ecological productive infrastructures

the ice-skating rink in December 2030

the discovery of nature on a daily basis

2030

_Local smart grid & closed loop system of water management with ecological grey-black waters filtration delivering drinkable water _Capacity of local storage _New cultivated infrastructure for urban farming (& community gardens) using nutrients from the water filtration & greywater to water _Greenmarket & regional fresh products delivered by buses

_Hilly topography of the urban park with, separated from the street traffic, pedestrian paths, running, cycling paths (sustainable motions stimulated) _Sport facilities in the urban park: climbing, water ponds, ice-skating vs waterpark _Noise reduction with absorbing elements

_Special sensory experience _New sounds from nature & water system _Unusual nature smelling & humidity variations _Various views on nature _Easy, enjoyable & stress free to commute

_Improved infrastructure node (i.e. bus terminal capacity, efficiency) integrating a diversity of layers together & increasing possible activities _Density enabling new possible functions _Differentiated spaces - different/maximum dimensions independent structures - different lifespan of structures enabling the PABT to adapt to growth or other pressures

the infrastructures as wetland

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_Buffering stormwater in the wetland - able to absorb consequent amounts of water in a short amount of time, to store and to clean it _Wetland design with reservoirs, ponds, gardens, basins, etc & choice of plants to absorb & clean water

_Differentiation in water supply-chain: decentralized water management, local water captation (stormwater, grey-black waters of the surroundings), local filtration by the plants of the wetland & new supply of drinkable water & greywaters for various uses (i.e. cleaning buses or streets) _Shorter water transport between consumption & ‘re’production enabling more reliable service (less risks, less energy needed & less pipes fabrication-maintenance needed)

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_Improved infrastructure node in a public opened place 24/7 in action _Pedestrian easy & efficient connections between surrounding public places & blocks _Stimulated involvement & exposure of the stakeholders: more positive interactions _Presence of nature _Space differentiation: clear organisation - perspectives intimate spaces together with open-space

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_Wetland buffer zone acting reducing the risk of urban overheating (heat island effect) _Opened architectural structure enabling air to flow 24/7 _Organic absorbing design elements (presence of plants, water, materials) reducing the need for technological cooling and lowering energy demand 3km-30cm _Smaller spaces heated or cooled for hosting people when too extreme outside temperatures 10m

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translating the strategy into a design proposal

part D: vertical bus terminal

part C: jungle-terraces

hiking trails - climbing wall - h2o filtration - lakes

part BA: urban farming

part B: urban park

bus parks - carparks - Lincoln tunnel entrance - offices

part A: urban hills

summer

walking, running paths - ponds of h2o filtration

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PORT AUTHORITY

NEW YORK CITY-STATE-COUNTRY

BANKS-INVESTORS

INSURANCE COMPANIES

REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

WATER COMPANY

COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

OWNER, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUTING MANAGEMENT

SHOPS, URBAN FARMERS, GREENMARKET

Current mission.

“For nearly 90 years, our mission has remained the same: to keep the region’s commuters, travelers and global shippers moving.” “Traffic management engineers aim to design efficient and effective solutions for traffic problems.”

To provide safety and development opportunity to its citizens.

To provide financial services (including capital) to stimulate economic development. To provide return on investment and shareholder value.

Insurance companies of the PABT, of the real estate, of the city, of the inhabitants. They pay when there are damages = risks not managed.

To generate return on investment by ensuring occupancy of real estate owned or managed. Depending on variables: safety, connectivity, quality of environment, building quality and building upkeep at reasonable cost,etc.

To provide reliable water management services: rain water drainage, drinking water provision.

Problem affecting the mission.

How to deal with land use pressure? & terrorist risks? How to deal withnew generations buses double deck ? growth? and low quality of air? And parking buses during the day? How to keep traffic flowing under the risk of flooding? How to make the bus terminal a safe place to travel? How to make the bus terminal an enjoyable place to commute?

How to keep citizens safe while creating economic development opportunities and value in NYC? How to seriously be effective in addressing climate change risks? How to support ‘another’ urban design solving more problems at once?

How to protect the invested capital and stimulate new economic growth?

How to reduce the risk of having to pay out large amounts of damages in case of floodings and/or urban heat island effect and/or water-food scarcity? Same for traffic management issues & living conditions issues like stress, health, etc.

How to protect the invested capital? How do you make sure the provisioning water and food services will be insured?

How to mitigate the risk of flooding while taking benefit of available water to use as a growing source for food and to use for other services (public+private)?

A major connection node offers enhanced easy of doing business. // To generate income by connecting supply to an interested customer base. The products are delivered by the regional buses. // To bring food production closer to the consumers, reducing the need for transportation and reconnecting urbanized population with natural processes.

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Problem affecting the mission.

How to get good visibility and well located in a frequented place? How to do business if the city is flooded on and off and/or too warm? // How to find a location with lots of potential buyers and a reliable supply chain? Involvement

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ECONOMIC + OPERATING + TECHNICAL

ECONOMIC + OPERATING

NATURE

Expectation 2030.

- reputation for the successful pioneer experience - to mitigate risks - to be imitated and to share their experience + to establish interesting partnerships for long term exchanges - to invite new kinds of commuters + to make the place 24/7 activated - to make the commuting experience a real travel - to have efficient traffic management + fit new transportation means

- to mitigate risks for NYC, radiating metropolis of the US - worldwide pilot project illustrating the US engagement for sustainability - to ensure a healthy & stable future, city more resilient - the PABT as the first gate to the US for visitors - to stimulate profitable regional stable economy - to be able to replicate the strategy in other locations - to stimulate alternative transportation sustainable networks - to be a major hub and public place of the city

- better reputation associated with sustainable development & new participation in major projects - a better risk mitigation ensuring their presence in NYC to be durable and profitable - returns on investment from their own investment in the project

- a balanced ecosystem with a range of different solutions towards risks - the city to be self-adaptable on different time basis - the city to be protected from major disturbance, heat island effect, flooding, stormwater management

- to answer to the housing demand with quality - the district to become the most reliable place of the city - the renewal of the PABT to profit directly to surroundings - to endorse durable profit with the increasing value of their properties in the neighborhood

- to profit from this investment to develop wetland restoration strategies in other costal regions (replication of the strategy) + to build durable partnerships - to be less vulnerable towards the drinkable NYC water supply + to be self-reliable with smart grids & decentralized units - Une grande Première, to have invested lots of resources and knowledge, to find solutions - to improve, educate and transform the relationship & the behavior of people with water and nature at the local scale

- the regional green hub as a better place to invest and to be (showcase+ landmark) - to exploit the greenmarket platform as the first ‘hot’spot for local products in Manhattan & daily shopping + for commuters to profit to buy more real products than transformed one

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timing enhances biodiversity by stimulating the colonization process. human

Well-being - education

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bios Risk mitigation - stimulated ecologies phere

2010 10m standing at bus stop-corridor & busy stores - region-

2010 Schools - Central Park discovering -

2010 Highline - Riverside Park - beekeeping ban lifted - planting

al scale as a transportation and connection hub

one million trees - community gardens

1. reservoirs tunnel

h2o management urban park climbing walls other activities

1. reservoirs

climbing to the top floor, meeting people, wandering...

the waterpark in June 2030

the arborescent structure connecting micro-climates together

2030

_Transformed infrastructure node into a multifunctional public domain to gather various commuters: tourists, workers, office workers, neighbors, etc. _Diversity of connections between remoted area and location: regional people/buses/goods & PABT neighbors/daily walks/greenmarket articulated around activities & products _Bus shelters surrounded by nature favoring people interactions _Easy, enjoyable & stress free to commute

_Integrated technosphere & biosphere service as an interface for people to explore, to interact with each other & with nature _Daily reminder raising awareness of the commuters towards nature importance, direct visibility & demonstration _Observatory for learning about species, different water, economic, cultural & sociological processes for scientists, universities, research institutions _Educational function of the water center

_Urban park as ecological corridor connecting to the Highline & Riverside park enabling different size territories for fauna & flora 3km-1km _The wetland design: different ponds, basins, possible places to stay, move, inhabit for fauna & flora _Diversity of connections between micro-climates 30-1m enabling separated zones with connectors (corridors) and selectors (islands) _Diversity of micro-climates/spaces with various qualities (i.e. humid, sunny) & special ecosystems: water management, urban farming, community gardens 300m-30m _Organic materials & connecting structures enabling a diversity of connections 30m-30cm _Diversity of textures 10m-30cm

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farming

opening of activities

people

urban farming activity 1. superstructure on infra.

urban farming community gardens

PEOPLE OPENING

4. carparks-busparks-etc

ecosystem maturity...

2. light ways’ structure+ ecological h2o plant

part ba

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3. ecological h2o plant

nature

h2o management urban park

2. superstructure

ECOLOGICAL OPENING

part b park

monitoring

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CONNECTION

Well-being - human relationships

part afeasibility-design study hills

2. soil+ ground PEOPLE OPENING

ECOLOGICAL OPENING

part c

jungle

h2o research center h2o management urban park carparks

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2. h2o center+ carparks

ECOLOGICAL OPENING

part d

1. reservoir+ h2o plant + district connections

bus terminal

design

phase 1. foundations+ bus structure

bus terminal greenmarket lobby h2o research center ice-skating rink vs waterpark

PEOPLE OPENING

phase 2. cores+ trees 3/6

phase 3. arborescent structure+ basins

phase 4. shelters+ lobby h2o center

+ septic tanks in district

OFFICIAL OPENING

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h2o filtration terraces - urban hiking, running, walking trails - carparks

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lobby - metro entrance - arborescent structure prototype passageways prototype

amphitheatres - neighborhood connections winter

BUS COMPANIES

DESIGN ENGINEERS-CONTRACTOR ARCHITECTS, CIVIL ENGINEERS, INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGISTS, CONTRACTOR, CONSTRUCTION

OWNER, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUTING MANAGEMENT

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ECOLOGY SPECIALISTS

COMMUTERS

NEIGHBORS-OFFICE WORKERS

TOURISTS-LEISURE SEEKERS

FAUNA & FLORA

BOTANISTS, ZOOLOGISTS, PLANT SPECIALISTS

OWNER, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUTING MANAGEMENT

Current mission.

To operate bus routes in order to move people or goods from point A to point B in an economically viable fashion.

To design spatial & technical solutions for complex problems.

To focus on creating or/and maintaining natural ecosystems.

To travel from point A to B in a quick and cost effective way, with a low stress commuting moment.

Looking for improvements to their living environment that make it a great place to live at an acceptable price. // To reach their business goals while working in an interesting, lively, connected and safe working environment

Looking for places to relax and enjoy. Diversity of offering will attract divers tourists & leisure seekers.

To expand their communities to new territories. Multiplying themselves (colonization) is a risk cover for life.

Problem affecting the mission.

How to move commuters/buses when the city is flooded? How to have a good commercial showcase at the bus terminal? How to enhance the regional reputation of the company? How to be easily accessible by the commuters?

How to make a great spatial experience while tackling the complex programme? How to meet the design needs of possible changes or evolution on time? How to educate people to biodiversity? How to make a diversity of functions possible? How to meet the design challenges in terms of technology, techniques and sustainable construction? How to get it built without stopping the traffic of the bus terminal?

Are there strategies other than the current one that would mitigate the risk of flooding and water management? How to implement the good conditions for a diversity of fauna and flora to colonize the place?

How to travel to and from work if the streets are flooded and/or too warm? How to be less stressed? How to have a commuting experience better and more enjoyable than today’s one?

How to live at a location that is flooded on and off and/ or too warm? How to live at a location that does not provide food/water on a safe basis? How to live at a location, which is only a road-traffic oriented round-about neighborhood? // How to get good conditions to do business? How to travel to and from work? How to make daily routine more enjoyable and less stressfull? Where & how to make a break?

How to relax if the city is flooded and/or too warm? Not an attractive place to spend ones’ holiday. How to relax without ‘consuming/buying/ spending money’ in NYC? How to relax by ‘being, acting, interacting’? How to relax by learning?

How to colonize the urban ecosystem in a durable way? How to find stable living conditions favourable to a long-term stay? How to resist to daily-decades disturbances? How to connect/exchange with other major biodiversity hubs to support more diversity?

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IMPLEMENTATION STAGE

OPERATING + ECONOMIC

TECHNICAL + SOCIO-CULTURAL + ECOLOGICAL

TECHNICAL + ECOLOGICAL + OPERATING

SOCIO-CULTURAL + ECONOMIC

ECOLOGICAL

NATURE

Expectation 2030.

- reputation of being part - ability to be innovative on sustainable transportation trends & follow major 21st cent. challenges - safety and reliability - ability to park buses during the day and to provide other jobs to bus drivers

- to have a crucial impact on making the city more reliable to live in- to stimulate buildings around to be more permeable with the public space - to work closer with specialists to solve crucial critical points - to replicate for the city the sameintegrated wetland design strategy - // to be challenged by the waterproof quality of the new infrastructures - to be the first to resolve these issues worldwide + to become international experts - the system to offer an amazing field of experiment to push technology for transportation & traffic management - to solve lots of problems

- to influence the restoration of natural ecosystems in the region - to find back more reliability in front of the climate change risks - the connection to the Highline and to riverside park to be a biodiversity trigger for ecological networks - to see rare species coming as well as new species territory and habitat creation - to be part of the experiment pilot project of the century by combining complex ecosystems together & implementing urban ecology

- the PABT to become the great place to commute in terms of efficiency, low stress & nature presence - to come even earlier to enjoy the place - to consume differently & profit from a new rnage of facilities - to feel safe & to interact with more people - to learn on a daily routine about biodiversity

- the urban park to provide nature value for them to garden, to meet with their friends, to practice activities (running, walking, climbing, swimming, etc) > strong cultural identity - greenmarkets, waterparks and paths to their daily activities + a friendly atmosphere to meet people - to park their cars or take the bus easier than before - // profiting of the systems’ tentacles within the neighborhood to move quicker & easier between main public places - to practice the district as a green hub of the city - the place to be a social meeting place

- to be well welcome at their first venue in NYC - to spend time in the PABT zone + to be provided with an overview on NYC culture - to enjoy nature in the urban context of NYC - a difference from all NYC touristic spots: more activities and interactions with people + the extraordinary experience -to come in the building for different purposes (recreation+com muting+food+museum)

- to have found new habitats, different territories’ sizes for various species - to have a stable food supply-chain without major disturbances - to see their community’ colonization - to benefit from a various range of micro-ecosystems able to supply materials, etc for nesting